diff --git a/libutil/util_sys.c b/libutil/util_sys.c
index 93eac609..024dac78 100644
--- a/libutil/util_sys.c
+++ b/libutil/util_sys.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "lib/util_path.h"